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San Juan Unified School District elections (2014)

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2014 San Juan Unified School District Elections

General Election date:
November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
California
San Juan Unified School District
Sacramento County, California ballot measures
Local ballot measures, California
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Two seats on the San Juan Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014.[1][2] Greg Paulo was the only incumbent running for re-election. He faced challengers Paula Marie Villescaz, Michael Alcalay, Michael McKibbin and Michael Miller.[3] Paulo retained his seat and McKibbin won election to the board in the general election.

About the district

See also: San Juan Unified School District, California
San Juan Unified School District is located in Sacramento County, California.

San Juan Unified School District is located in Sacramento County, California. The county seat is Sacramento. Sacramento County is home to 1,462,131 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4] In the 2011-2012 school year, San Juan Unified School District was the 13th-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 47,245 students.[5]

Demographics

Sacramento County underperformed compared to the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 27.9 percent of Sacramento County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 30.5 percent for California as a whole. The median household income for Sacramento County was $55,846 compared to $61,400 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level for Sacramento County was 16.5 percent while it was 15.3 percent statewide.[4]

Racial Demographics, 2013[4]
Race Sacramento County (%) California (%)
White 65.1 73.5
Black or African American 10.8 6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6 1.7
Asian 15.4 14.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1.2 0.5
Two or more races 5.9 3.7
Hispanic or Latino 22.3 38.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, Sacramento County[6]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 300,503 202,514
2008 316,506 213,583
2004 236,657 235,539
2000 212,792 195,619

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Voter and candidate information

The San Juan Unified School District Board of Education consists of five members elected at-large to four-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Two seats were up for election in 2014, and three seats will be up for election in 2016.[1][2]

School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period. The filing period began July 14, 2014, and ended August 8, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 20, 2014. Voters could request vote-by-mail ballots from October 6, 2014, through October 28, 2014.[7]

Elections

2014

Candidates

At-large

Election results

San Juan Unified School District,
At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngGreg Paulo Incumbent 24.2% 29,216
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngMichael McKibbin 20.9% 25,289
     Nonpartisan Michael Miller 20.2% 24,364
     Nonpartisan Michael Alcalay 17.1% 20,636
     Nonpartisan Paula Marie Villescaz 17.3% 20,924
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.3% 329
Total Votes 120,758
Source: Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "Official Results: General Election - November 4, 2014," accessed January 2, 2015

Endorsements

The Sacramento County Democratic Party endorsed Paula Marie Villescaz and Michael McKibbin.[8]

The Sacramento County Republican Party endorsed Michael Miller.[9]

The Sacramento Bee endorsed Michael McKibbin and Greg Paulo.[10]

Campaign finance

Candidates had to file contribution reports within 24 hours of receiving an aggregate total of $1,000 or more from a single source. The first scheduled pre-election report filing deadline was October 6, 2014. If candidates raised or spent less than $1,000 during the 2013 and 2014 calendar years, they had to file Form 470 at that time. If candidates raised or spent more during that time, they had to file Form 460 by the pre-election report filing deadline.[11]

Candidates required to file Form 460 also had to file a second pre-election report on October 23, 2014, and they had to file termination reports by December 31, 2014. If a termination report was not filed, candidates had to file a semi-annual report by February 2, 2015.[11]

Reports

The Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections Office does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. Ballotpedia staffers directly requested this information, but the municipal office refused those requests to make that information public.[12]

Past elections

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the San Juan Unified School District election in 2014:[11][13]

Deadline Event
July 14, 2014 First day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 8, 2014 Last day for candidates to file nomination documents
October 6, 2014 First day to request vote-by-mail ballot
October 6, 2014 First pre-election report due
October 20, 2014 Last day to register to vote
October 23, 2014 Second pre-election report due
October 28, 2014 Last day to request vote-by-mail ballot
November 4, 2014 Election Day
December 31, 2014 Termination report due
February 2, 2015 Semi-annual report due

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: California elections, 2014

This election shared the ballot with municipal elections and other school board elections, as well as general elections for state executive offices, U.S. House seats, state Senate seats and state Assembly seats.[14][15]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "San + Juan + Unified + School + District + California"

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 San Juan Unified School District, "Introducing Our Board," accessed August 5, 2014
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "Contest/Candidate Proof List 2014 General Election," accessed August 5, 2014
  3. Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "Contest/Candidate Proof List 2014 General Election," accessed August 20, 2014
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 United States Census Bureau, "Sacramento County, California," accessed July 17, 2013
  5. National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
  6. Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "Results and Information from Previous Elections," accessed July 17, 2014
  7. California Secretary of State, "Summary of November 4, 2014, General Election Calendar," accessed July 14, 2014
  8. Sacramento County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed October 22, 2014
  9. Sacramento County Republican Party, "SCRP Endorsed Candidates for November General Election," accessed October 22, 2014
  10. The Sacramento Bee, "McKibbin, Paulo for San Juan schools," October 15, 2014
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 4, 2014," accessed August 19, 2014
  12. Email submitted to Ballotpedia from the Sacramento County Voter Registration Office on October 27, 2014
  13. Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "General Election Abbreviated Calendar: November 4, 2014," accessed July 17, 2014
  14. California Secretary of State, "A Proclamation by the Governor of the State of California," June 6, 2014
  15. Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "Candidate's Guide - General Election November 4, 2014," accessed July 29, 2014